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THE PIPES Old cannery pipes at 15’-40’ depth serve as an Franko's Brown Herring
underwater guide to point divers to the Mertridium Field just Pelican Gull
50’ beyond the biggest pipe. MONTEREY California
PENINSULA Sea Lions
BREAKWATER COVE (CG WHARF) 10’-60’ San Carlos Beach
entry is a common open water check-out dive. Sandy along KELP FOREST Gooseneck
the wharf with sand dollars, sea pens, and lots of anemones. Barnacle Acorn
Patchy reef to the west has a nice kelp bed. Breakwater has CREATURES
many fish and invertebrates, including shrimp. Barnacle
California
WHARF #2 5’-30’ Dive on the east side only, amongst sheep
crabs, octopuses, and colorful anenomes. Harbormaster per- Mussel
mission is required.
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DEL MONTE BEACH 10’-40’ Beach dive over a sandy bottom Striped Surfperch Sea Surfperch
and shale outcroppings with some kelp. Good student dive Jellyfish Urchin
spot.
Pacific Mackerel

Halfmoon Female Zebra Perch
Sargo
Northern Kelp Bass Blue
Anchovy (Calico Bass) Rockfish
Kelp Greenling
Harbor Seal Male
Yellowtail Vermilion Rockfish

KeSlppiCnryab Bocaccio

California Barracuda Popeye Bat Ray
Female Catalufa

Rock Wrasse Giant Kelpfish

Male Blue Shark

Juvenile California Monkeyface Pacific Bonito
Sheephead Prickleback Leopard
Shark
ClKineglpfish Olive Rockfish
Giant Kelp
Starry Rockfish Copper Rockfish
Señorita
Opaleye

White
Seabass

Cabezon Barred
Sand Bass
Spanish Market Squid
Shawl
Yellow
Crab Giant Sea Bass
(Black Sea Bass)

Red Treefish Honeycomb Horn Shark
Abalone Rockfish Octopus

BGlaocbkyeyed SunSftlaorwerABbalalockne Blacksmith Sculpin White Plumed
Thornback (Spotted Gorgonia Anemone
Scorpionfish) Lingcod Sand Sea Fan
Ray California Halibut Warty Dollar
Sea Red Sea
Sheep Urchin
Crab Cucumber
Aggregating
Anemone
Bat
Rock Round Star
Scallop

Ochre Stingray Shovelnose Copyright 2011 Speckled Wolf Sarcastic Giant
Sea Star Strawberry Guitarfish Franko Maps, Ltd. Sanddab Eel Fringehead Spined
Sea Star
Anemone www.frankosmaps.com